WARHAMMER 40,000 – IMPERIAL ARMOUR INDEX: FORCES OF CHAOS Official Update Version 1.4

Although we strive to ensure that our rules are perfect, Page 12 – Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought, sometimes mistakes do creep in, or the intent of a rule Wargear Options isn’t as clear as it might be. These documents collect ‘• A Hellforged Contemptor may replace one deathclaw amendments to the rules and present our responses to and one combi-bolter with one of the following weapons players’ frequently asked questions. As they’re updated (both death claw and combi-bolter must be replaced). regularly, each has a version number; when changes Alternatively, it can replace both deathclaws and both are made, the version number will be updated, and any combi-bolters for two of the following weapons: changes from the previous version will be highlighted ‒‒- Twin heavy bolter in magenta. Where a version number has a letter, ‒‒- Multi-melta e.g. 1.1a, this means it has had a local update, only in ‒ -‒Twin autocannon that language, to clarify a translation issue or other ‒‒- Ectoplasma cannon minor correction. ‒‒- Kheres assault cannon ‒‒- C-beam cannon ERRATA ‒‒- Butcher cannon Page 8 – Chaos Decimator, Keywords ‒‒- Twin lascannon’ Delete ‘Titanic’ from this datasheet’s Keywords line. Add the following wargear option: Page 9 – Plague Hulk of Nurgle, Faction Keywords ‘• This model may take a havoc launcher.’ and Keywords Add ‘Heretic Astartes, ’ to this datasheet’s Pages 12-29 – Machina Malefica Faction keyword line and ‘Daemon Engine’ to this Change this ability in all instances to read: datasheet’s Keywords line. ‘At the end of each Fight phase, roll a number of D6 for this model equal to the number of models that were Page 9 – Plague Hulk of Nurgle, Rusting Curse slain by it during this phase; for each dice that scores Change this ability to read: a 5+, this model regains one lost wound. This model ‘Subtract 1 from saving throws (excluding invulnerable cannot regain lost wounds by any other means.’ saving throws) made for Vehicle models whilst their unit is within 1" of any enemy Plague Hulk of Pages 13 and 14 – Hellforged Land Raider Proteus and Nurgle models.’ Hellforged Land Raider Achilles, Containment Breach Change the third sentence of this ability to read: Page 10 – Greater Brass Scorpion of Khorne, Runes of ‘Each unit within 6" suffers D6 mortal wounds unless it the Blood God is a Psyker, in which case it suffers 2D3 mortal wounds.’ Delete the words ‘(friendly or enemy)’ from this ability. Page 19 – Hellforged Spartan Assault Tank, Abilities Add the following to this ability: ‘Furthermore, this Add the following ability: model cannot be targeted by psychic powers manifested ‘Daemonic Machine Spirit: This model does not by friendly Psykers.’ suffer the penalty to its hit rolls for moving and firing Heavy weapons.’ Page 12 – Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought, Containment Breach Page 20 – Hellforged Deredeo Dreadnought, Change the third sentence to read: Wargear Options ‘Each unit within 6" suffer D3 mortal wounds unless Change the second wargear option to read: it is a Psyker, in which case it suffers D6 mortal ‘• A Hellforged Deredeo Dreadnought may be equipped wounds instead.’ with one of the following: - Greater havoc launcher Pages 12, 20 and 22 – Hellforged Contemptor - Hellfire veil’ Dreadnought, Hellforged Deredeo Dreadnought and Hellforged Leviathan Dreadnought Add ‘Helbrute’ to the Keywords line of all these datasheets.

IMPERIAL ARMOUR – INDEX: FORCES OF CHAOS 1 Page 20 – Hellforged Deredeo Dreadnought, Page 27 & 80 – Fellblade Accelerator Cannon Hellfire Veil Change the Damage characteristic of this weapons HE Change the first sentence of this ability to read: shells profile to 2. ‘If equipped with a Hellfire veil, all friendly units with the Chaos and keywords that are wholly Page 27 – Hellforged Fellblade, Wargear Options within 6" of the Hellforged Deredeo Dreadnought gain Change the first wargear option to read: a 5+ invulnerable save.’ ‘• A Hellforged Fellblade may replace its two quad lascannon with two laser destroyers.’ Page 21 – Hellforged Rapier Battery, Chaos Space Marine Crew Page 27 – Hellforged Fellblade, Steel Behemoth Change this ability to read: Change the second sentence to read: ‘When a Hellforged Rapier Battery is set up on the ‘It can, except when firing Overwatch, also still fire its battlefield, all models are set up in unit coherency. weapons if enemy units are within 1” of it (however, its From that point onwards, all the Hellforged Rapiers fellblade accelerator cannon and demolisher cannon are treated as one unit and all the Chaos Space Marine must target units that are more than 1” away).’ Crew are treated as another. Chaos Space Marine Crew may only be chosen as a target in the Shooting phase if Page 28 – Hellforged Falchion, Wargear Options they are the closest visible unit to the firer.’ Change the first wargear option to read: ‘• A Hellforged Falchion may replace its two quad Page 21 – Hellforged Rapier Battery, Keywords lascannon with two laser destroyers.’ Change the keyword lines to read: ‘(Hellforged Rapier): Vehicle, Artillery, Page 28 – Hellforged Falchion, Steel Behemoth Hellforged, Hellforged Rapier Battery Change the second sentence to read: (Chaos Space Marines): Infantry, Hellforged ‘It can, except when firing Overwatch, also still fire its Rapier Crew’ weapons if enemy units are within 1” of it (however, its twin volcano cannon must target units that are more Page 22 – Hellforged Leviathan Dreadnought, than 1” away).’ Wargear Options Change the second wargear option to read: Page 29 – Hellforged Mastodon, Steel Behemoth ‘• A Hellforged Leviathan may replace one siege claw Change the second sentence to read: and one meltagun for one of the following weapons ‘It can, except when firing Overwatch, also still fire its (or it can replace both siege claws and both meltaguns weapons if enemy units are within 1” of it (but only its for two of the following):’ hellflamers and lascannons can target units that are within 1” of it – its other ranged weapons must target Pages 22 and 81 – Hellforged siege claw other units).’ Add the following ability to this weapon: ‘Re-roll failed wound rolls against Infantry.’ Pages 33 and 34 – Chaos Storm Eagle Assault Gunship and Chaos Fire Raptor Assault Gunship, Damage Tables Page 23 – Hellforged Dreadclaw Drop Pod, Transport Change the third value under ‘BS’ to read ‘5+’ Change this datasheet’s Transport entry to read: ‘This model can transport 10 Infantry Page 39 – Zhufor the Impaler, Faction Keywords models. Each Jump Pack or Terminator model takes Change this datasheet’s Faction Keywords line to read: up the space of two other models. This model can ‘Chaos, Heretic Astartes, Khorne, World instead transport a single Hellforged Contemptor Eaters, Skulltakers’ Dreadnought, Chaos Decimator or Helbrute, and no other models. It cannot transport a Hellforged Page 41 – Lord Arkos, Faction Keywords Leviathan Dreadnought or a Hellforged Change this datasheet’s Faction Keywords line to read: Deredeo Dreadnought.’ ‘Chaos, Heretic Astartes, Alpha Legion, The Faithless’ Page 24 – Hellforged Kharybdis Assault Claw, Transport Change the first sentence to read: Page 49 – Aetaos’rau’keres ‘This model can transport 20 Change the Dark Jealousy ability to read: Infantry models.’ ‘If, at the beginning of the controlling player’s Shooting phase, another Lord of Change or Daemon Prince is Page 26 – Hellforged Typhon Heavy Siege Tank, within 12" of Aetaos’rau’keres, roll one D6. On a 4+ the Steel Behemoth Staff of Cataclysm’s ranged attack must be used against Change the second sentence to read: the closest Lord of Change or Daemon Prince, other ‘It can, except when firing Overwatch, also still fire its than Aetaos’rau’keres (friend or foe, contrary to the weapons if enemy units are within 1” of it (however, its usual rules for targeting Characters).’ dreadhammer siege cannon must target units that are more than 1” away).’

IMPERIAL ARMOUR – INDEX: FORCES OF CHAOS 2 Page 49, Aetaos’rau’keres, Staff of Cataclysm Pages 42 and 43 – Chaos Hellwright and Chaos Change the second sentence of the abilities to read: Hellwright on Dark Abeyant, Abilities, Master ‘If a unit of at least 10 Infantry models has its last of Mechanisms models slain by this attack, a unit of 3 Flamers of Change ‘Questor Traitorous’ to read Tzeentch is added to your army and immediately ‘Questor Traitoris’. placed within 6” of the slain unit and more than 1" from any enemy models before it is removed.’ Pages 58-64 – Renegade Knight Acheron, Renegade Knight Lancer, Renegade Knight Castigator, Page 50 – Mamon Transfigured, Faction Keywords Renegade Knight Atropos, Renegade Knight Magaera, Change this datasheet’s Faction Keywords line to read: Renegade Knight Porphyrion and Renegade Knight ‘Chaos, Heretic Astartes, Daemon, Death Guard, Styrix, Keywords The Tainted’ Change ‘Questor Traitorous’ to read ‘Questor Traitoris’. Pages 45-56 – Faction Keywords Add ‘Daemon’ to all these units’ Faction Keywords line Pages 58-64 – Renegade Knight Acheron, Renegade (and delete it from their Keyword line). Knight Lancer, Renegade Knight Castigator, Renegade Knight Atropos, Renegade Knight Magaera, Renegade Page 53 – Pox Riders of Nurgle, Keywords Knight Porphyrion and Renegade Knight Styrix, Add ‘Plaguebearer’ to this datasheet’s Keywords line. Abilities, Infernal Knight Titan Replace this ability with the following: Page 54 – Spined Chaos Beast, Daemonic Allegiance ‘Super-heavy Walker: This model can Fall Back in the Change this ability to read: Movement phase and still shoot and/or charge in the ‘When this model is chosen as part of an army, the same turn. When this model Falls Back, it can move over controlling player must select one of the following enemy Infantry and Swarm models, though it must keywords, replacing its keyword: end its move more than 1" from any enemy units. In Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle or Slaanesh. This model addition, this model can move and fire Heavy weapons will gain one additional ability based on the chosen without suffering the penalty to its hit rolls. Finally, this keyword; if Khorne is chosen, it gains Unstoppable model only gains a bonus to its save for being in cover if Ferocity; if Tzeentch is chosen, it gains Ephemeral at least half of the model is obscured from the firer.’ Form; if Nurgle is chosen, it gains Disgustingly Resilient; and if Slaanesh is chosen, it gains Pages 62, 64 and 86 – Reaper chainsword Quicksilver Swiftness.’ Change the Strength characteristic of this weapon to ‘+ 6’. Pages 54 and 85, Warp Spines Change this weapon’s ability to read: Page 63 – Renegade Knight Porphyrion, Abilities ‘Normal attacks cannot be made with this weapon. Delete the ‘Explodes’ ability from this datasheet. Instead, roll a D6 each time a Spined Chaos Beast ends a charge move within 1" of an enemy unit, or an enemy unit Page 72 – Daemon Bound Points Values, ends a pile-in move within 1" of the Spined Chaos Beast. Soulburner petard On a 2+ that enemy unit suffers a single automatic hit.’ Change the points value of this weapon to read ‘60’.

Page 55 – Giant Chaos Spawn FAQs Add to this unit’s Faction Keywords line. Q: Are there any restrictions on which Legion I can choose when replacing the Faction Keyword on datasheets within Add the following ability: this book? ‘Daemonic Allegiance: When this model is chosen as A: Yes, as follows: part of an army, the controlling player must select one of the following keywords, replacing its You can only choose for a unit to be from the World keyword: Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle or Slaanesh. Eaters Legion if it has the Khorne keyword, or if it This model will gain one additional ability based on has the keyword and you choose to the chosen keyword; if Khorne is chosen, it gains replace that with Khorne. Unstoppable Ferocity; if Tzeentch is chosen, it gains Ephemeral Form; if Nurgle is chosen, it gains You can only choose for a unit to be from the Thousand Disgustingly Resilient; and if Slaanesh is chosen, it Sons Legion if it has the Tzeentch keyword, or if it gains Quicksilver Swiftness.’ has the keyword and you choose to replace that with Tzeentch. You cannot choose for Add the following abilities from the Spined Chaos a Hellforged Rapier Battery, a Chaos Hellwright or Beast datasheet to this datasheet: Unstoppable a Chaos Hellwright on Dark Abeyant to be from the Ferocity, Ephemeral Form, Disgustingly Resilient and Thousand Sons. Quicksilver Swiftness.

IMPERIAL ARMOUR – INDEX: FORCES OF CHAOS 3 You can only choose for a unit to be from the Death Q: Is the Chaos Hellblade suppose to have the Daemonic Guard Legion if it has the Nurgle keyword, or if it has Machine Spirit ability? the keyword and you choose to replace A: No. that with Nurgle. You cannot choose for a Hellforged Rapier Battery, a Chaos Hellwright or a Chaos Hellwright Q: Can a Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought, Hellforged on Dark Abeyant to be from the Death Guard. Deredeo Dreadnought or a Hellforged Leviathan Dreadnought use the Fire Frenzy Stratagem from e.g. Codex: Chaos You can only choose for a unit to be from the Emperor’s Space Marines? Children Legion if it has the Slaanesh keyword, or if A: No. it has the keyword and you choose to replace that with Slaanesh. Q: Does the Plague Pact Stratagem in Codex: Death Guard affect Arch-daemonic Rituals? Otherwise, any of the units in this book can be from A: No. any Legion. Q: How many times can a Chaos Decimator armed with two Q: There is no datasheet for a Ferrum Infernus Chaos Soulburner Petards suffer a mortal wound as a result of a hit Dreadnought – is there a datasheet I should use for this model? roll of 1 for an attack made with this weapon. A: Use the Helbrute datasheet on page 33 of A: Once per weapon (ie. In the case of a model armed Index: Chaos. with two Soulburner Petards, this model could suffer 1 mortal wound when resolving the attacks of the first Q: There is no datasheet for an Emperor’s Children Sonic weapon, then another mortal wound when resolving the Dreadnought – is there a datasheet I should use for this model? attacks of the second weapon). A: Use the Helbrute datasheet on page 33 of Index: Chaos. It must replace its keyword with Slaanesh, it must replace its keyword with Emperor’s Children, and it has two additional wargear options; it may take a doom siren, and it may replace its multi-melta with two blastmasters.

Q: There is no datasheet for a Chaos Vindicator Laser Destroyer – is there a datasheet I should use for this model? A: Use the Deimos Pattern Vindicator Laser Destroyer datasheet on page 8 of Imperial Armour Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes. It gains the Hellforged keyword and must replace all of its Faction keywords with the following: Chaos, Heretic Astartes, , .

In addition, it gains the following ability: ‘Machina Malefica: At the end of each Fight phase, roll a number of D6 for this model equal to the number of models that were slain by it during this phase; for each dice that scores a 5+, this model regains one lost wound. This model cannot regain lost wounds by any other means.’

In addition, it gains the following weapon: ‘Weapon Range Type S AP D Abilities Infernal Hunger Melee Melee User -3 1 -’

Q: Can a Chaos Vindicator Laser Destroyer make use of the Linebreaker Bombardment Stratagem from Codex: Chaos Space Marines? A: No.

Q: Is the plasma destroyer supposed to have an ability that can inflict mortal wounds upon the firer if a hit roll of 1 is made for it? A: No.

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